William Volk:  

Life William Volk has over 20 years of design, technology, multimedia, and management experience. As an expert in user interface and system architecture, Mr. Volk has come up with some of the most acclaimed solutions to technology problems. Mr. Volk has also written articles for leading technical magazines, such as various Miller-Freeman publications, on issues of design, project management, and technology. Mr. Volk has had an enormous impact at the companies he has worked with, participating in re-organizations and strategic decision making that were critical to the survival and success of these companies. Mr. Volk began his career in 1979, at the age of 22, helping to launch the computer game division of a well established board game company, Avalon Hill. He authored three original game titles as well as establishing the quality assurance division and creating some of the first titles for the then new IBM PC. After completing a Masters in Physics and Computer Engineering in 1982, Mr. Volk was recruited for a division of Epson creating easy to use drawing software for their QX10 computer system. Eventually he became the West Coast Technical Manager and lead the Word Processor, Paint, Spreadsheet, and Drawing projects. In 1995 Mr. Volk co-founded Aegis Development, a pioneering firm in the area of multimedia and digital video production. At Aegis, he served as the VP of Development and oversaw the development of some of the first animation and video titling systems for personal computers. Mr. Volk also designed a drafting system that successfully won its market segment on the Amiga computer platform. Mr. Volk began his work in optical media at Aegis, working on CD-I and CD-ROM projects. Mr. Volk accepted a position as Director of Technology at Activision, eventuall...Expand for more